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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
October 2005
Chapter 22 DLPs A500 to A599
DLP-A554 Upgrade Low-Density Electrical Cards in a 1:1 Configuration to High-Density Electrical Cards
Step 6 In node view, right-click the protect slot and change the low-density card to the high-density card:
a. Choose Change Card from the drop-down list.
b. Choose the new card type (DS3XM-12) from the Change to drop-down list.
c. Click OK.
Step 7 Physically insert the new DS3XM-12 card into the protect slot:
a. Open the ejectors on the card.
b. Slide the card into the slot along the guide rails.
c. Close the ejectors.
Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the card to become standby. For more information
about LED behavior during DS3XM-12 card bootup, see the “NTP-A17 Install the Electrical Cards”
procedure on page 2-8.
Step 8 To upgrade a low-density working card, switch traffic onto the protect card from the remaining
low-density card in that 1:1 protect group:
a. In node view, double-click the remaining DS3XM-6 card from that 1:1 protect group.
b. Click the Maintenance > Protection tabs.
c. Double-click the protection group that contains that DS3XM-6 card.
d. In the protection group list, click the newly installed DS3XM-12 card ito highlight it.
e. Click Switch and Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.
Step 9 Physically remove the remaining DS3XM-6 card in that protect group:
a. Open the card ejectors.
b. Slide the card out of the slot. This raises the IMPROPRMVL alarm, which will clear when the upgrade
is complete.
Step 10 In node view, change the DS3XM-6 card to a DS3XM-12 card in CTC:
a. Right-click the slot where the DS3XM-6 card resided and choose Change Card from the drop-down
list.
b. Choose the new card type (DS3XM-12) from the Change to drop-down list.
c. Click OK.
Step 11 Insert the new DS3XM-12 card into the open slot:
a. Open the ejectors on the card.
b. Slide the card into the slot along the guide rails.
c. Close the ejectors.
Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the card to become standby. For more information
about LED behavior during DS3/EC1-48 card bootup, see the “NTP-A17 Install the Electrical
Cards” procedure on page 2-8.
Step 12 Clear the switch you performed in Step 8:
a. Double-click the first DS3XM-12 card you installed.
b. In the Maintenance > Protection tabs, double-click the protection group that contains the reporting
card.
c. Click the card in the selected group to highlight the card.
d. Click Clear and click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.